Friday, January 15, 2010

We turned Riley out on a sunny, warm (for January) afternoon. To be safe, I turned him out in the indoor that morning on 1 cc of Rompun to let him run and get relaxed.

At about 2:30 I came back out, gave him 1.5 ccs Rompun, and walked him out with his buddy in a 1/3 acre paddock. My heart was racing -- would he "snap out" of his stupor as he had the first day we turned him out? As you can see below, it was totally boring and totally wonderful.

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The sun had warmed up the rutted footing (which is good) but one section of the pasture was pretty muddy (which is bad). Fortunately he was quiet and hung out eating hay on the dry side of the paddock. He was out for just over an hour, and you can see how happy he is. It was a happy day for me too.